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The School of Language Studies are using the Wimba Voice Tools PowerLink for WebCT. It is early days in the adoption process, but head of school, Philip Williams, can already see some very significant improvements which address each of the issues above:
- Lecturers now provide recorded media for students within WebCT courses. Recordings range from welcome messages to pronunciation examples of foreign words.
- Forums within WebCT have been created for voice-based discussions with other students using the Wimba Voice Boards. Some classes are even importing pre-recorded media such as music, language lessons and assessment into their Voice Boards, blending existing resources with new environments for interaction and response.
- Staff can now conduct coaching and assessments of student vocal skills via
- Live voice and text chat conversations using Voice Direct
- Recorded Voice Emails between lecturers and individual students
- Private threads in Voice Boards for one-on-one tuition
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View a Voice Board: Thank you to Spanish lecturer Leonel Alvarado for making this material available to us.
Click here to launch Leonel's Spanish Voice Board
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